FSU have lost six straight games at the tournament: the title game in 2011, all three pool-play games in 2012 and both pool-play games in 2013 to be eliminated from title contention.

FSU, the tournament's No. 2 seed, allowed two ninth-inning homers Wednesday to lose 4-3 to No. 7 Georgia Tech. On Thursday, the Seminoles scored two in the top of the ninth, including a run-scoring double by Casey Smith, a former Tampa Alonso High star. But Zagunis sent a 2-and-0 pitch over the fence in left to push the No. 6 Hokies to 2-0.

"They are all fun baseball games. I don't give a flip if they are 13-1 games as long as I'm not on the 1 side," FSU coach Mike Martin said about the losses. "What can you be mad about? What can you be fussing about? Guys were down two. We stayed poised. … Baseball happens.

Football: The ACC announced game times for early-season games, including Florida at Miami on Sept 7 (noon, ESPN) and FSU at home against Nevada on Sept. 14 (3:30, ESPN or ESPN2). … Charles Sims, Houston's leading rusher last season, said he is leaving the school. Sims ran for 851 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior in 2012 for the Cougars, who join USF in the American Athletic Conference in the fall. He said he will transfer or apply for June's NFL supplemental draft.